"Are you happy?" Ma Chao said to Liang Xing, who was scolding.

"Scolding you for three days and three nights to be happy, you despicable and shameless boy." Liang Xing scolded, his eyes were red, and he scolded with a big mouth, and he actually tore the corners of his mouth.

"Scolding me like this means that you won't be on my side."

Ma Chao took the broken sword and stabbed Liang Xing's neck.

Liang Xing closed his eyes, but the sword didn't stab in, what did he do, the moment Liang Xing opened his eyes, he saw a smile splashing at the corner of Ma Chao's mouth, and the broken sword was inserted into his throat, Liang Xing wanted to make a sound but only opened his mouth and couldn't speak.

Ma Hong watched his life drain away, and involuntarily swallowed and foamed, if he was Ma Chao now, what would he do? I should ask if you are scolded, will you take refuge in me? That's how it should be! It's just that I pity Liang Xing, a Xiliang man, and the Xiliang man's bones are really hard.

"Major General, the candidate is willing to serve you, and I only ask the Major General to spare my life."

I'll go, just want to praise Xiliang for being hard, you just give me this hand, it's really a wretch. Well, this can't be blamed on the candidate, if I were him, it must be the same, oh, am I such a wretch? Ma Hong kept thinking in his heart.

"Are you really going to surrender me?"

"Yes, the candidate is willing to follow the major general."

Ma Chao pondered for a while, and asked rhetorically: "You are now with all your troops, let me ask you, what is the use of you surrendering to me now?" ”

"Major General, Ma Play and Zhang Heng are good friends with me, I will definitely persuade Ma Play to get close to Zhang Heng Young General, and even take refuge in Major General."

Ma Chao snorted, his fingers flicked the broken sword, the broken sword turned in the hand bowl, and then put the broken sword against the center of the candidate's eyebrows, and said, "You can abandon Han Sui now, so will you abandon me in the future." ”

"Yan Xing is Han Sui's subordinate, Liang Xing has a close relationship with Han Sui, and I have nothing to do with him? Why did the Major General have to kill me? ”

Hou Xuan looked at Ma Chao and said weakly.

Yes, Ma Chao didn't have to kill the candidate, at least that's what Ma Hong thought, he wasn't Han Sui's pawn, why did he kill him? Is it just because he is close to Han Sui? If Ma Hong stood in Ma Chao's position, he would never use such a means of doing things, he would only put Liang Xing and Hou Xuan under house arrest, and at most kill Yan Xing. Because Liang Xinghe is a warlord, even if he has lost his army now, he is also very appealing in Xiliang, and if he can win it, it will not be better.

But Ma Chao's sword was still inserted in the throat of the candidate, stirring and saying, "I don't need you." ”

Ma Chao, where is your emotional intelligence? Do you do this in front of me? Ma Hong laughed miserably in his heart. Are you proving your abilities? If it were not my plan, what power would you have? Are you still showing your strength in front of me? If I didn't need your ambition to disrupt Xiliang, how could I cooperate with someone like you?

After Ma Chao cleaned his hands, he asked people to prepare wine and food, retired the soldiers, and said to Ma Hong: "Brother, before I led the army to Hanzhong, before leaving, my sister explained me the most important thing. ”

"What's the matter?" Ma Hong asked.

"She asked me to lie to you that she was married, and she asked me to see your reaction, and now I can see it, brother, you really like my sister, don't you?"

Ma Hong smiled slightly and said, "I already have a wife here." ”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "It doesn't matter, the point is whether you want to take a concubine or not." ”

Ma Hong was stunned, did he take a concubine? Or do you want to take your sister? Ma Teng is also a prince, are you kidding me to take his daughter as a concubine?

"Brother, I'm not kidding, how can a man not like a beautiful woman when he sees him, do you want to take my sister as a concubine?" Ma Chao asked again.

Do you take your sister as a concubine? I think so, but there must be some kind of dirty deal behind this. [It's not the kind of transaction that everyone imagines] Otherwise, can you accept Ma Yunlu?

"Yes, but how? Do you want me to go to Lingzun and say, "I want to take your daughter as a concubine?" ”

Ma Hong smiled and said with great humor.

Ma Chao also smiled, he nodded and said, "I agree very much, I think if you do something, your father will also agree." ”

"What's the matter?" Ma Hong knew that Ma Chao wanted to ask what was going on, and he probably knew what was going on in his heart, but he still had to ask.

"Help me kill Han Sui." Ma Chao understated.

Do you want to kill Han Sui? This is not a simple matter, if Ma Hong says that he can do Han Sui, it is estimated that at least 100 families in Xiliang are willing to give their daughters to Ma Hong as concubines. Although Ma Yunlu is Ma Teng's daughter, but just one woman, she has to join forces with Ma Chao to kill Han Sui, hmph, let's not talk about how much it costs to pay, if it fails, don't ...... Besides, he Ma Hong is not the lord now, so he can't decide at will, even if he is the lord, he can't agree to this kind of thing.

Seeing that Ma Hong didn't react, Ma Chao said again: "If my brother can help us destroy Han Sui, then we are willing to offer five thousand war horses in addition to my sister." ”

Five thousand war horses? Now Ma Teng is afraid that he does not have 5,000 war horses, if Ma Teng destroys Han Sui and Xiliang warlords and becomes the lord of Xiliang, he can take out 5,000 war horses, but will he still admit it at that time? War horse and Ma Yunlu gave it together, which was clearly a woman as an item.

Ma Hong smiled lightly: "This deal can be done, but I have to make a change." ”

"What's changed?" Ma Chao asked.

"Five thousand war horses have been reduced to fifteen hundred, after I persuade Gongzi to help you kill Han Sui, please fulfill your promise immediately, and we want the entire Wudu County, is it okay?" [Wudu County began to be set up in the Qin and Han dynasties, and there were many Di and Qiang people in the county. Wang Mang changed Wudu County to Leping County. In the early period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three roads of Pingle Road, Jialing Road, and Xuncheng Road were moved, and the county governance was moved to Xiabian County (the county governance is in the northwest of Chengxian County, Gansu Province), and it was changed to the Liangzhou Thorn History Department. In the fifth year of Emperor Yong's reign (111 years), Qiang Dao of Longxi County belonged to Wudu County. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao abandoned Wudu County and moved its population to Xiaohuaili in Youfufeng. Wudu County was then occupied by Shu Han. 】

Nowadays, Han Sui occupies part of the territory of Jincheng County and Longxi County of Liangzhou, Ma Teng occupies part of the territory of Anding County and Beidi County, and Wudu County is occupied by Cheng Yin and Li Kan, and most of the people of Wudu have fled to Hanzhong for refuge, and the current Wudu County can be described as an extremely desolate county. Now that Cheng Yin and Li Kan are dead, if the Jingzhou army controls Wudu County, it will be easy.

Wudu County is not Ma Chao's territory, Anding County and Wudu County are separated by Hanyang County, Ma Chao's hand is not so long, if he can't defeat Han Sui, he won't get Wudu County. If Han Sui can be defeated, the remaining warlords are not worth mentioning in the eyes of his Ma Chao, even if they are assigned to Liu Qi in one county, there are still nine counties left, and they can be regarded as the lord of Xiliang. Now Cao Cao sent Zhong Xuan to control Han Sui and Ma Teng, Han Sui and Ma Teng were reconciled on the surface, but Ma Chao knew that the Han family and the Ma family would have a war sooner or later, and there was a saying in Xiliang that there was Han Wu Ma.

At the same time, Ma Chao did not want to be restrained by Cao Cao, he knew that if Cao Cao had time, he would sooner or later point to Xiliang. After careful consideration, Ma Chao agreed to Ma Hong's suggestion.

After secret talks with Ma Chao, Ma Hong finally reached:

1. Ma Chao assisted the Jingzhou army in breaking through Hanzhong.

2. After Ma Chao defeated Hanzhong in Jingzhou, Liu Qi promised Ma Chao 50,000 stones of grain and grass.

3. Liu Qi assisted Ma Chao in attacking Han Sui. After Ma Chao agreed to defeat Han Sui, he promised to give Liu Qi 1,500 horses and Wudu County.

Fourth, Ma Chao promised to give his sister to Ma Hong.

Of course, these promises could not have been reached without the consent of Ma Teng and Liu Qi, Ma Chao needed to inform Ma Teng of the results of the secret talks, and Ma Hong also needed to persuade Liu Qi to agree to the conspiracy.

September 20, the sixth year of Jian'an.

Yang Ren and Yang Ang returned to Hanzhong and were sent by Zhang Lu to camp outside the city and lead 5,000 troops to block the Jingzhou army.

At night, in Zhang Lu's room, the lights were dim, Zhang Lu was squinting and sitting, and there was a man kneeling in front of him, the man's shoulders were pressed by two women's hands, and the man's head was lowered. There were two women standing beside him, namely Zhang Lu's two ghost pawn leaders, Wuyu and Huayu.

"Do you want to see me?"

Zhang Lu stroked his beard and asked slowly.

"Yes."

The man made a hoarse voice in his throat, but he didn't look up.

"You also said that the two generals Yang Ren and Yang Ang will be defeated within ten days."

"Yes." The man replied again.

(To be continued.) )